TRON's core development team has announced strategic proposal TIP-6780, which aims to modernize the way the blockchain handles contract abandonment while ensuring long-term consistency with Ethereum's changing standards.
TIP-6780, announced today, builds on the previous TIP-652, which prevented reliance on the SELFDESTRUCT opcode and signaled an impending limitation.
This innovative update mirrors Ethereum's EIP-6780 and reflects TRON's commitment to enabling builders working across different EVM-based ecosystems to interact with consistent behavior.
TRON core developers proposed TIP-6780, which updates the SELFDESTRUCT opcode on TRON. 🔻 Aligns behavior with Ethereum's EIP-6780 🔻 Maintains full EVM compatibility for builders 🔻 Enabled in the future through on-chain governance More details 👇 📝 Medium:
1:19 PM · November 19, 2025
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This is critical as on-chain interoperability continues to expand in the growing blockchain industry.
Meanwhile, the TRON platform has the highest compatibility with Ethereum, simplifying integration and migration for cross-chain systems, decentralized applications, and developers.
Additionally, creators will have access to enhanced contract security.
The announcement added:
This change encourages developers to adopt more robust and predictable contract design patterns and move away from opcodes that are considered unstable or will be deprecated in the future.
What does TIP-6780 change?
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SELFDESTRUCT allows you to erase the contract itself and offload the remaining assets over many years.
The proposed upgrade, on the other hand, aims to change that approach.
TIP-6780 guides developers to a benign contract lifecycle pattern while mitigating situations that lead to complete deletion.
The proposed system deletes contract data including storage, code, and account if the user selects SELFDESTRUCT during transaction creation.
On the other hand, in all other situations, the contract remains unchanged.
The opcode pauses execution and moves the asset to the specified address without removing any structural data.
Additionally, no writes occur if the contract selects itself as the designated destination for the transferred token.
This proposal would also increase the energy cost of SELFDESRUCT from 0 to 5,000 to reduce unnecessary usage. The team said:
The fixed energy cost for the SELFDESTRUCT opcode is scaled from 0 to 5,000. This increases the cost of execution to further thwart exploitation.
Strengthening consistency between TRON and Ethereum
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Mimicking Ethereum's evolution is more than a technical choice.
This move is strategic. With EIP-6780-like behavior, TRON aims to simplify the work of developers building wallets, applications, and infrastructure designed to run across multiple chains.
Teams can seamlessly port tools for Ethereum while reliably anticipating developer expectations in different ecosystems.
Additionally, TIP-6780 promotes a more transparent and clear smart contract model.
Without the randomness of the SELFDESTRUCT function, developers enjoy enhanced contract security and reduced attack surface.
TRX price outlook
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Altcoins reflected a broader decline today. It is trading at $0.2862, after falling just $0.68 in the past 24 hours.
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The nearly 40% drop in daily trading volume indicates significant selling pressure on TRX after it fell 5% in the previous week.
Bulls need to sustain above the key support zone of $0.29 to foster near-term stability.
However, if this is not possible, there is a possibility that the economy will remain in a recession until there is a recovery in a wide range of sectors.
